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A FORMER Premier League star being hunted by Interpol has spent �14,000 in casinos and strip clubs in a week, it was claimed last night. Savio Nsereko, 22 � who cost West Ham �9million in 2009 but played just one game � went missing from his Italian club last week. His family contacted Interpol, which issued an alert. There is no suggestion he has committed any offence. The Sun can reveal that Nsereko has been ferried around Liverpool nightspots with a pal by cab driver Amir Ali over the past week. The Ugandan-born German player � who told the cabbie he had blown �14,000 � borrowed �400 from Mr Ali, using his passport as "surety". Nsereko also took Mr Ali to a cash machine and showed him a bank account with more than �130,000 in credit � claiming he could not access it. But Nsereko, who plays for Juve Stabia, then avoided the driver. Mr Ali said: "I couldn't believe it when I found out he'd checked out of his hotel and gone to Manchester." EX-West Ham defender Manuel Da Costa, 25, was yesterday cleared of groping a woman in a nightclub. But he was fined �1,000 at Snaresbrook Crown Court for slapping her in the face. The judge ordered him to pay �250 compensation to the victim.